When asked you better have something....

Today was told a story how this past Friday in Federal Court, his client was nailed by the Judge because the only response was "I threw them away.."

A yes the pre-discovery did ask for the emails. Either it spread out over numerous drives or tapes fulfilling this request in a timely manner was at question. The decision was made.

The question of documentation/destruction policies 1st critieria - Having documentation.

When setting up the unit, your taken through a click-through menu to set-up a "basic" approach. This process is to awaken you too the task, each organization will have a different review of procedures (destruction/retainment).

note: Current Technologies Corp (CTC) {currenttech.net} resellers of IP Surveillance Solutions

Where's the Video, Bob?

Paul D'Arcy - VP Marketing @ MessageOne.com, had his suggestions for a guidline published this past week in Networkworld. Considering most information regarding this subject revolves around e-Discovery, the one point that needs to jump out, policies of retention, (limiting a companies liability in litigation) is now, then an still the responsibility of IT managers. Forget the fact of keeping the enterprise running, your the fall guy.

Larry Medina, RIM Professional, Chair, ARMA Standards Committee, weights in strong on the subject.

The majority of e-Discovery services available to lawyers today enhance their ability to "find" those juicy documents. And the first point of attack: YOUR RETENTION/DESTRUCTION POLICY

{note: Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MessageOne, Inc}